cloud9

Yea I hear ya. That's why I haven't been in a big hurry to do it yet. They do have a good painter who did replace some stripes on my GT500 so I think they can do a good job, but I might sit on this a bit. I just wanted to get it logged if it starts to go south.

ShaneM

that is an understatement, i had them restripe my 10 three times. the third time the fired the stripe guy. gaps off and bubbles, these cars have a lot more curve to the panels than you think and you cant just mark them off and lay stripes. sometimes you have to actually be crooked to make the stripe look straight. it is an art.

if you go matte, just be sure to get good tape and tape each time you wax. AND once you do gt good wax on the car the tape wont stick. i still have wax on my matte stripes i cant get off. think how hard it is to get was residue off the black plastic on the 10 and up cars, that is exactly how bad a matte stripe is to maintain.

atrain1975

The scuff marks on my hood sticker are horrifyingly large and obvious. If it takes my dealership multiple times to get it right, then that's what they'll have to do. I was happy that the sales manager pointed the scuff out to me from the outset because I picked up the car in the evening and could have missed it in the twilight.

Kristin

Except I still end up with wax residue around the edges of the stickers, which shouldn't bother me but it does.

Locke62

Guys, you can put a clear coat over flat and still have it look flat, my 69 is just that. I will say it is easy to clean, but must be done often. My restoration guy does a great job. Thinking of painting mine like the patriot Boss.... What a car

iDrive

Although a clear coat is obviously not applied in this case, the decal may exaggerate the surface properties or the paint's applied imperfections. Orange peel has a variety of looks and textures, but usually associated with a painted surface. Airbrushing was my thing for many years. I certainly would not call the decal "Extreme orange peel", IMHO. To each his own

What is "scrff"? j/k

Dave

LQQK

I'm on the road now so I don't have access to the BOSS DVD that shows the Lime Green (Grabber Green???) BOSS sitting next to the White one,,,Anyhow, I seem to remember the stripe looked Flat, so maybe we get the easy to clean BOSS and the 13 will look sweeter but a PITA to clean!

5 DOT 0

They are stickers. I've seen the black LS in the background of the photo you posted in person and it was not painted. The Boss I saw last weekend had high gloss white decals. Hardly cheesy.

Big Vito

I like pepper jack

tom_vilsack

having not yet seen one..i assumed they were painted...sticker!!! really ford,a frigging sticker!

guess if i could ever afford a boss,i could also afford to have the sticker pulled off and done right....painted.

Big Vito

A lot going on

JPJr

That's what I was hoping for.
I am planning on having flat black areas painted on my Kona GT.
Hood cowl, roof, spoiler, between the taillights.
If they can clear over the flat, and it still looks flat....then that's the way I'm going.

I was having second thoughts after reading this thread.

06GT

What's the story on the decklid panel? Do we have to worry about the waxing concerns there? It's flat/satin finish. I'm assuming it's vinyl.

Tony Alonso

The SVT people, as I understand their role, don't do the design work. They do the engineering work. The design department staff that made decisions on Boss graphics made them on the SVT-badged GT500 and Raptor.

Tony Alonso

Is your "cheesy" commentary because it is a sticker rather than painted?

2012YellowBoss

Don't wax that, also I assume it is painted. For me just a plain wash with Dawn or other car soaps are fine for it. I like dawn because it is a grease cutter and do not hurt the paint, it is a lot cheaper then the 50,000 car wash soaps out there. If you do get wax on the panel are plenty of wax removers out there that will not mess with the paint.

5 DOT 0

Are you sure the black on the deck lid is not a decal?

2012YellowBoss

Nope, that is why I assumed. I have not looked that close at it

ShaneM

you know dawn will strip all the wax off the car right? most good car wash soaps leave the wax alone and are ph neutral which means no waterspots if you have hard water liek i do. or at least less waterspots.

2012YellowBoss

I don't know, you may be correct, but I've been using it for many, many years without that issue. I would think that if it striped off all the wax body shops would be using it undiluted on every car before it entered the paint booth.

I use a few small drops and it cleans the car well, all grease and tar comes right off. As for spots, that is another issue I have not had since after rinsing well I always dry the car off.